Lino Ventura
Acting
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas. Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables. After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieAt the End of the Day
2024
Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
moviePatrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022
Self (archive footage) - actor
movieBacri, comme un air de famille
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieLa TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieAznavour by Charles
2019
Self - Actor (archive footage)
movieBreakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieLino Ventura, la part intime
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieLino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieDe Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
Self (archive footage)
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieIl était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011
Self (archive footage)
movieIl était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieCode Name: Melville
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieMichel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
Self (archive footage)
tvLe monde est à vous
1987
Self (archive footage)
tvSacrée soirée
1987
Self (archive footage)
movieLa Rumba
1987
un caïd
movieThe Seventh Target
1984
Bastien Grimaldi
movieOne Hundred Days in Palermo
1984
General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
movieLes Misérables
1982
Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
movieSpy, Stand Up
1982
Sébastien Grenier
movieThe Inquisitor
1981
Inspector Antoine Gallien
movieSunday Lovers
1980
François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
movieL'Homme en colère
1979
Romain Dupre
movieButterfly on the Shoulder
1978
Roland Fériaud
tvCérémonie des César
1976
Self - President
movieIllustrious Corpses
1976
Inspector Amerigo Rogas
movieThe French Detective
1975
Commissioner Verjeat
movieThe Cage
1975
Julien
tvNuméro un
1975
Self
movieThe Slap
1974
Jean Douléan
movieThree Tough Guys
1974
Father Charlie
movieA Pain in the Ass
1973
Ralf Milan
movieFar West
1973
Prisoner
movieThe Right of the Maddest
1973
Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
movieThe Silent One
1973
Clément Tibère
movieMoney Money Money
1972
Lino Massaro
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972
Self / Self - Main guest
movieThe Valachi Papers
1972
Vito Genovese
movieRum Runners
1971
Cornelius von Zeelinga
movieFantasia Among the Squares
1971
Sagamore Noonan
movieLast Known Address
1970
Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
movieThe Sicilian Clan
1969
Commissaire Le Goff
movieArmy of Shadows
1969
Philippe Gerbier
movieBirds of Prey
1968
Le rapace / Le rital
movieDeux Romains en Gaule
1967
Un client du bar
movieLe Deuxième Souffle
1966
Gustave "Gu" Minda
movieTo Skin a Spy
1966
Pascal Fabre
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
Self - Interviewee
movieLet's Not Get Angry
1966
Antoine Beretto
movieThe Wise Guys
1965
Laurent Dannecker
movieCloportes
1965
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
movieThe Dictator's Guns
1965
Jacques Cournot
movieThe Great Spy Chase
1964
Francis Lagneau
movieThe Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
Elie's Client (uncredited)
movieWeeping for a Bandit
1964
"El lutos"
movieGreed in the Sun
1964
Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
movieCrooks in Clover
1963
Fernand Naudin
movieThe Threepenny Opera
1963
Brown, Polizeichef von London
movieCarmen di Trastevere
1962
Vincenzo, le caïd
movieHitch-Hike
1962
Paul, le chauffeur de car
movieEmile's Boat
1962
Émile Bouet
movieThe Last Judgment
1961
Giovanna's father
movieThe Lions Are Loose
1961
le docteur André Challenberg
movieBlack City
1961
Il bandito
movieTaxi for Tobruk
1961
le brigadier Théo Dumas
movieGirl in the Window
1961
Federico
movieThe Big Risk
1960
Abel Davos
movieWay of Youth
1959
M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
movieWitness in the City
1959
Ancelin
movieMarie-Octobre
1959
Carlo Bernardi
movieTwelve Hours by the Clock
1959
Fourbieux
moviePensione Edelweiss
1959
Borcher
movieThe Beast Is Loose
1959
Paul Lamiani
movieThe Mask of the Gorilla
1958
Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
movieThree Days to Live
1958
Lino Ferrari
movieElevator to the Gallows
1958
Le Commissaire Cherrier
movieMaigret Sets a Trap
1958
Inspecteur Torrence
movieDishonorable Discharge
1957
Paulo, Claire's lover
movieBurning Fuse
1957
Legentil
movieCrime and Punishment
1956
Gustave Messonnier
movieRazzia
1955
Roger le Catalan
movieTouchez Pas au Grisbi
1954
Angelo Fraiser